This Gardener position is located in the Maintenance and Repair section of Engineering Service, Thomas E. Creek, Amarillo VA Health Care System (AVAHCS) in Amarillo, Texas.

Duties

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Performs professional gardening work concerned with the maintenance and improvement of the grounds and is specifically involved with the culture of its existing and proposed trees, shrubs, lawns, flower beds and xeriscaped areas. Maintains accurate, up-to-date records on work performed, such as fertilizer and pesticide usage schedules. Repairs large commercial irrigation system with multiple zones, valves, and control panels. Removes snow and ice in parking lots, roadways and sidewalks. Operates heavy equipment such as front-end loaders, industrial forklifts, man lifts, street sweepers and others. Performs minor maintenance and repair of small engine equipment. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: May be authorized to highly qualified applicants. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Requirements

Qualifications

PHYSICAL EFFORT: Work is performed from ladders, platforms, under equipment, on man-lifts, scaffolds, heavy equipment, in crawl spaces, in areas that are hot, and hard to reach locations and outdoors. Employee is required to stand, stoop, bend, kneel, crawl and work in uncomfortable positions. Employee will be exposed to the physical demands on a daily basis. WORK CONDITIONS: Employee is exposed to extremes of heat and cold, dust, noise, grease, bad smelling fumes, and moisture as well as outdoor environment. Employee will occasionally be exposed to disease, bad weather, electric shock, and danger from flying splinters and chips, and respiratory ailments. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Dexterity and SafetyMaterialsMeasuring InstrumentsTechnical PracticesUse and Maintain Tools and EquipmentWithout more than normal supervision IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Thomas E Creek VA Medical Center 6010 Amarillo Boulevard, West Amarillo, TX 79106 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]